Apparatus for automatically producing poultice

ABSTRACT

An apparatus for automatically producing poultice and a means for applying poultice paste to substrate cloth automatically supplied which may be used in the said apparatus.

United States Patent 1 Watanabe Aug. 14, 1973 1 APPARATUS FORAUTOMATICALLY 3,077,882 2/1963 PRODUCING POULTICE 3 532 822 [75]Inventor: Motoyasu Watanabe, Tokyo, Japan 3:287:222 11/1966 [73]ASSignQe Mm Seiyaku p y Limited 3,431,907 3/1969 Lubet-Moncla 128/156 yJapan FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS [22] Filed: Oct. 4, 1971 202,9148/1956 Australia .1 128/156 4,512,314 5/1970 Japan 424/28 1 1 pp 186,07047,215 3/1911 Germany 424/28 OTHER PUBLICATIONS [30] Foreign ApplicationPriority Data 061. 5, 1970 Japan 45/99089 (utility model) 19297 12-1970German apphcatw (Hubmann) Oct. 9, 1970 Japan 45/100669 (utility model)Primary Examiner-James Kee Chi 52 US. Cl 118/39, 156/500, 156/522,Attorney-011511111911, Darby & Cushman 156/555 [51] ll]!- Cl. B05! 11/0057 ABSTRACT [58] Field of Search 118/39, 38, 41;

128/156; 424/28; 1 56 /5 5 5, 522 500 An apparatus for automaticallyproducmg poultlce and a means for applying poultice paste to substratecloth 5 References Cited automatically supplied which may be used in thesaid UNITED sTATEs PATENTS appaaws' 2,320,702 6/1943 Marchese et al.118/39 X 1 Claim, 6 Drawing Figures PAIENIED I 3. 752.1 15 v SHEET 1 BF4 I N VEN TOR nmmsu aura/4096 ORNEYS PATWEDMBHW 3.752.115

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saw u or 4 INVENTOR ,qaT Ynsu warm ATTORNEYS APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLYPRODUCING POULTICE The present invention relates to an apparatus forautomatically producing poultice and an apparatus for applying poulticepaste. More particularly, it relates to an apparatus for automaticallyproducing poultice according to which the poultice paste is successivelyapplied to substrate cloth which is automatically supplied and areleasing film is applied on thus applied paste and said substrate clothto which said paste and film are applied can be cut in a predeterminedsize and they are taken out. Furthermore, it relates to an apparatus forapplying the poultice paste used in said apparatus for automaticallyproducing poultice, according to which amount of poultice paste appliedin plural strip-like paste layers on surface of a travelling substratecloth can be made uniform and each paste layer can be definitelydivided.

A full understanding of the invention may be had by referring to thefollowing description and claims, taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a front view of an apparatus of the present invention forautomatic production of poultice.

FIG. 2 is a side view of said apparatus.

FIG. 3 is an oblique view of an apparatus of the present invention forapplication of poultice paste.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the apparatus shown in FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the apparatus shown in FIG. 3.

FlG.'6 is a front view of the apparatus shown in FIG. 3.

One embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention for automaticproduction of poultice will be explained hereinunder with reference toFIGS. I and 2. In the F168. 1 and 2, driving means-2 for conveying powerto each means is provided at the lower part of upright body 1 composedof combination of frames. At the upper part of the body 1, there isprovided tank 3 for supplying poultice paste and below said tank-3,there is provided supplying means 4 for supplying the poultice paste ina predetermined amount at a time. Below said supplying means 4, there isprovided drum 5 supported by an axis in such a manner that it can freelyrotate and a cleaning brush is provided adjacent to said drum. Substratecloth 8 transferred from the substrate cloth supplying means 7 by meansof guide roller 8a is supplied at between said drum '5 and said cleaningbrush 6. A pair of controlling roll 9 which controls the position ofsubstrate cloth 8 is provided on the way of transferring of substratecloth 8. Above said drum 5, namely, between said drum 5 and supplyingmeans 4, spreading scraper 10 for applying supplied poultice paste toone surface of substrate cloth 8 is provided. Supplying means 12 forsupplying releasing film 11 such as polyethylene film is providedadjacent to drum 5. The releasing film 11 led from said supplying means12 is allowed to adhere to the surface of the applied poultice paste bypressure roll 13 which contacts with drum 5. There is providedlongitudinally cutting means 14 below drum 5 and on the side of rotatingdirection of drum 5. Said cutting means 14 consists of rotating axes l5and 15 and discal cutters 16 which are provided at both axes l5 and 15in their longitudinal direction at predetermined intervals and whichoppose to each other. Edge cutters 17 and 17 are provided-at both endsof rotation axes l5 and 15, which cut both edges of substrate cloth 8,namely, the portions to which no paste is applied. These edge portionsare reeled on reel 18 provided at rear part. Furthermore, there isprovided lateral streak imparting means 19 below longitudinally cuttingmeans 14. Said lateral streak imparting means 19 comprises roll 20a'nd'roll 21 with cogs 21a, on circumferential wall thereof, whichcontacts with said roll 20. Lateral streaks are given to the portions ofreleasing film l l to be cut. Furthermore, below said lateral streakimparting means 19, there is provided laterally cutting means 22, whichcomprises fixed edge 23, movable edge 24 which can freely reciprocatewith reference to said fixed edge 23 and crank mechanism 25 which causesreciprocating motion of said movable edge 24. Below chute 26, there isprovided conveyer 27 which carries poultice out of the apparatus.

Each means in the above-mentioned apparatus gears with driving means 2by means of chain or belt and simultaneously each means relatedly movesby controlling means which is not shown.

Substrate cloth 8 is transferred and when the cloth reaches between drum5 and brush 6, the surface of said cloth is cleaned and at the sametime, the cloth opposes spreading scraper 10, where poultice paste layeris formed on the surface of cloth 8 because the poultice paste suppliedfrom supplying means'4 is spread on said surface. When this clothreaches pressure roll 13, by which releasing film 11 is applied bypressure to' the surface of said paste layer, a so-called'strip-likelarge poultice in which the paste layer is'sandwiched in betweensubstrate cloth 8 and releasing film 11 is obtained. Thus producedlarge-sized poultice is cut into plural strips by cutters l6 and 16 oflongitudinally cutting means 14 and to these strips are imparted streaksat a predetermined interval at the-cource between roll 20 of lateralstreak imparting means 19 and roll'2l with cogs. Then, these poulticestrips are led to laterally cutting means 22, where they are cut atthecoursebetween fixed edge 23 and movable edge 24. In this-case, saidmovable edge 24 is positioned at the streaks formed by said lateralstreaks imparting means 19. Therefore, the poultices are in a fixed formandare put on belt conveyor 27 by means of 26 and carried out of theapparatus.

As explained above, according to the apparatus of the present inventionfor automatic production of poultice, the poultice paste isautomatically applied to and spread on a substrate cloth. Therefore, apoultice paste layer is uniformly formed on the 'cloth. Furthermore,since a releasing film is adhered simultaneously with spreading of thepoultice paste, adhesive property can be maintained. Moreover,since-longitudinal cutting, lateral streak imparting and lateralcuttingof poultice strip are continuously carried out, no troubles are causedin mutual communication and smooth and exact operation can beaccomplished. Furthermore, since the operation is totally automatic,producibility can be improved and since the body of apparatus isupright, the space required for holding the'apparatus can be reduced.

One embodiment of an apparatus of the'present invention for applyingpoulticepaste will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 6.

As shown in FIG. 3 6, the apparatus for applying poultice paste iscomposed of a rectangular frame body 37 and supplying box 38 which isprovided within said frame body 37 in such a manner that it can freelymove up and down. That is, at both longitudinal end parts of thesupplying box 38, there are provided flanges 39, into which screw part400 of tips of controlling sticks 40 and 40 provided at both upper edgesof said frame body 37 is spirally inserted, whereby the height ofsupplying box 38 can freely be controlled with reference to the framebody 37. Furthermore, plural pairs of two partition plates 41 which areprovided adjacent to each other are provided within supplying box 38 toform plural paste supplying chamber 42. These partition plates areprovided in such a manner that they are inclined from their one end toother end. Thus, said paste supplying chambers 42 are constituted ingradually tapered state to the travelling direction of the substratecloth. At the lower end of said partition plate 41, there is providedarc-shaped notch part 43 which corresponds to outer circumferentialsurface of drum 5, whereby the edge surface of notch 43 contacts withthe surface of substrate cloth 8 which is put over drum 5.

When poultice paste is distributed and supplied into each supplyingchamber 42 by supplying means 4, the paste which is somewhat viscous isspontaneously spread on and applied to the surface of substrate cloth 8.In this case, since substrate cloth 8 is caused to travel due torotation motion of drum 5, both edges thereof As explained before, inthe apparatus of the present invention, plural paste supplying chambersare provided in the direction of width of substrate cloth 8. Therefore,plural strip-like surfaces are simultaneously formed on the surface ofsaid cloth. Furthermore, since each of said chambers is made graduallytapered to the direction of travelling of the cloth, the paste isuniformly applied and both edges of the paste surface can be exactlydivided.

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for automatically producing poultice which comprises anupright body in the upper part of which a poultice paste supplying tankis provided and in the lower part of which a driving means is provided;a substrate cloth supplying means which is provided at one side of saidbody and which supplies large-sized strip-like substrate cloth; a drumwhich winds up the substrate cloth transferred from said supplyingmeans; a brush which is provided adjacent to saiddrum and which cleansthe surface of said substrate cloth; a spreading scraper which isprovided above said drum and which spreads on the cloth the pastesupplied from said tank through the supplying means; means for supplyinga releasing film; a pressure roller which is provided adjacent tosaidscraper and which allows to adhere said releasing film onto thesurface of the spread and applied paste layer to produce a large sizedpoultice; a cutting means which is provided below said roller and whichcuts said poultice into plural strips; a lateral streaks imparting meanswhich is provided below said cutting means and which imparts lateralstreaks to each strip; a laterally cutting means which is provided belowsaid streak imparting means and which laterally cuts said strip-shapedpoultice to produce poultice having a fized shape; and a conveyor whichcarries thus obtained poultice out of the apparatus.

1. An apparatus for automatically producing poultice which comprises anupright body in the upper part of which a poultice paste supplying tankis provided and in the lower part of which a driving means is provided;a substrate cloth supplying means which is provided at one side of saidbody and which supplies large-sized strip-like substrate cloth; a drumwhich winds up the substrate cloth transferred from said supplyingmeans; a brush which is provided adjacent to saiddrum and which cleansthe surface of said substrate cloth; a spreading scraper which isprovided above said drum and which spreads on the cloth the pastesupplied from said tank through the supplying means; means for supplyinga releasing film; a pressure roller which is provided adjacent to saidscraper and which allows to adhere said releasing film onto the surfaceof the spread and applied paste layer to produce a large sized poultice;a cutting means which is provided below said roller and which cuts saidpoultice into plural strips; a lateral streaks imparting means which isprovided below said cutting means and which imparts lateral streaks toeach strip; a laterally cutting means which is provided below saidstreak imparting means and which laterally cuts said strip-shapedpoultice to produce poultice having a fized shape; and a conveyor whichcarries thus obtained poultice out of the apparatus.